There’s more to Lapierre’s latest Zesty, Spicy and eZesty than meets the eye

<source media="(max-width: 320px)" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=90&resize=160%2C208, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=320%2C416 2x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=480%2C624 3x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=640%2C832 4x" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 375px)" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=90&resize=190%2C247, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=380%2C494 2x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=570%2C741 3x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=760%2C988 4x" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 425px)" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=90&resize=215%2C279, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=430%2C559 2x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=645%2C838 3x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=860%2C1118 4x" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 768px)" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=90&resize=295%2C383, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=590%2C767 2x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=885%2C1150 3x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=1038%2C1350 4x" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(max-width: 992px)" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=90&resize=136%2C176, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=272%2C353 2x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=408%2C530 3x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=544%2C707 4x" type="image/jpeg"> <source media="(min-width: 993px)" srcset="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=90&resize=155%2C201, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=310%2C403 2x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=465%2C604 3x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=45&resize=620%2C806 4x" type="image/jpeg"> <img class="wp-image-161431 size-portrait_thumbnail image-handler__image image-handler__image--aspect no-wrap js-gallery-grid-src-image" src="https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c.jpg?quality=90&resize=556%2C723" width="556" height="723" data-crop-width="" data-crop-height="" alt="Lapierre's eZesty is as slick as they come" title="milner_eurobike2018_25-1531325611917-m46ypuatts91-fa8709c" style="width: auto; height: 100%;"> Lapierre’s eZesty is as slick as they come Dan Milner

Lapierre showed off three new mountain bikes at Eurobike, all three being designed from the ground up. I say all three, but what I really mean is all two . I’ll explain why…

Information is thin on the ground at the moment on the models, and we’ll expect to learn more as the year progresses, but here’s what we know so far.

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https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/20180709_134632-1531325611998-1pkhfgpi0s6k-0de9dda.jpg?quality=45&resize=1668%2C938 3x, https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/20180709_134632-1531325611998-1pkhfgpi0s6k-0de9dda.jpg?quality=45&resize=2224%2C1251 4x" type="image/jpeg"> An incredibly svelte build on the eZesty, utilising the Fazua Evation 1.0 drive system Tom Marvin / Immediate Media I’ll start with one of the three bikes, the eZesty — this is Lapierre’s latest e-bike, and is a marked departure from the two e-MTBs it launched last year — though, it’s worth noting it won’t replace those Shimano and Bosch powered bikes.

The most obvious change is that Lapierre has dropped the OST+ suspension linkage design to a 4-bar with a vertically mounted shock. More on that system later, when I’ll delve into the Zesty and Spicy.

More significantly is Lapierre has ditched both Bosch and Shimano for the power, and has gone with the lesser-known Fazua Evation 1.0 system, also seen in a number of Focus bikes.

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This suggests Lapierre sees the eZesty as a tool for either shorter, more intense rides, or longer rides using lower levels of assistance.

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The system as a whole (including controllers) only adds around 4.8kg to the bike, but the bulk of this can be removed, should you wish to ride an ‘analogue’ bike. That’s because the crank axle effectively sits on a gear that’s spun by the motor, and this motor/crank gear interface can be split. This leaves the (claimed) 18kg bike dropping down to around 14kg.

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For now, we don’t know much more about the bike, so look out for a full report later in the year.

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https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/20180709_134307-1531325611927-ye2lzh8ke1o0-b2ecd56.jpg?quality=45&resize=2224%2C1251 4x" type="image/jpeg"> The Lapierre Spicy gets 160 or 170mm travel, and the same wheel options Tom Marvin / Immediate Media Building a bike is a pricey business. Assuming you want both alloy and carbon versions, there’s numerous jigs and moulds that need to be made for each size of frame. Then, let’s assume you want to offer the bike with two different wheelsize options — costs rise significantly.

But this only gives you one model family. What if you want to introduce two model families at the same time? Then that’ll mean significantly higher costs…

I’m not going to comment on Lapierre’s reasoning here, but I think what it’s done with the Zesty and Spicy is smart (assuming, of course, the bikes actually ride well…)

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https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/20180709_134258-1531325611922-jc0rdikf6lpt-1bde8c8.jpg?quality=45&resize=2224%2C1251 4x" type="image/jpeg"> The Lapierre Zesty will have either 140 or 150mm of travel, and either 29in or 650b wheels Tom Marvin / Immediate Media There are four options in total. The Zesty remains as a trail bike, the Spicy as an enduro bike, with differing travel splitting them. They both also have 650b and 29in models.

Lapierre only builds one frame for each of the sizes of bike it offers. Simply put, the 650b Spicy has exactly the same frame as the 29in Zesty. This means they only need moulds or tubes for the sizes on offer, not for each model. Smart, huh?

How does that even work? The trickery comes in the components fitted to the bikes. To adjust the frame’s travel, Lapierre simply sticks a different shock in there — the eye-to-eye length remains the same between the bikes, but the stroke length changes. There’s then a flip-chip in the frame’s linkage, to swap from 650b to 29in. Swapping the chip from the smaller to bigger wheels also results in the travel dropping by 10mm.

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These are the four options:

Lapierre Zesty 29 — 140mm Lapierre Zesty 650b — 150mm Lapierre Spicy 29 — 160mm Lapierre Spicy 650b — 170mm Extra details So, that’s a pretty smart system, I think. If it helps, Lapierre keeps costs lower, by only needing one range of moulds and tube lengths, hopefully this saving can be passed on to the consumer.

There’d also be little stopping owners from taking advantage of this adjustability too — you could feasibly have a 650b trail bike, and then by adding forks, wheels and a shock, a long-travel 29er too.

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https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/20180709_134453-1531325611966-zwxmhfzfamc3-051d3f4.jpg?quality=45&resize=2224%2C1251 4x" type="image/jpeg"> The wheelsize flip-chip Tom Marvin / Immediate Media The departure from the OST+ suspension linkage means Lapierre has moved the shock lower into the frame for better weight distribution, and fully floating designs (such as that found on the Trek Fuel EX for example) have often gone down well in the feel stakes.

Carbon models will have a neat-looking storage box down by the bottom bracket, though I fear the bolt-head will quickly get covered in crud. Fortunately there’s a fender for the shocks that neatly slots in between the linkage.

Finally, it looks like wide tyre fans will be catered for — 2.8in clearance for smaller wheels, 2.6in for bigger.

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https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/21/2019/03/20180709_134352-1531325611936-odx5qr82eaaj-105ada6.jpg?quality=45&resize=2224%2C1251 4x" type="image/jpeg"> On-bike storage is all the rage these days – Lapierre’s version sits below the base of the downtube Tom Marvin / Immediate Media With little information out there, we don’t have much else to tell you, though we’ll be bringing you a full report as soon as we know more.